[Bug 2042790] [NEW] libc6-prof description should say what profiling features are present

[Steve Langasek]

Public bug reported:

We have a libc6-prof package in the archive whose only addition to the
base description is:

 This package contains all libraries compiled for profiling.

This is opaque and doesn't explain at all what profiling features are
enabled.

My understanding is that the key feature here is the use of -fno-omit-
frame-pointer.  But the package description should say.

'apt search omit-frame' returns no results, it would be good to fix it
so it did.  Putting this in the package description would achieve that.

** Affects: glibc (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: rls-nn-incoming

** Tags added: rls-nn-incoming

** Description changed:

  We have a libc6-prof package in the archive whose only addition to the
  base description is:
  
-  This package contains all libraries compiled for profiling.
+  This package contains all libraries compiled for profiling.
  
  This is opaque and doesn't explain at all what profiling features are
  enabled.
  
  My understanding is that the key feature here is the use of -fno-omit-
  frame-pointer.  But the package description should say.
  
  'apt search omit-frame' returns no results, it would be good to fix it
- so it did.
+ so it did.  Putting this in the package description would achieve that.

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Title:
  libc6-prof description should say what profiling features are present

Status in glibc package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  We have a libc6-prof package in the archive whose only addition to the
  base description is:

   This package contains all libraries compiled for profiling.

  This is opaque and doesn't explain at all what profiling features are
  enabled.

  My understanding is that the key feature here is the use of -fno-omit-
  frame-pointer.  But the package description should say.

  'apt search omit-frame' returns no results, it would be good to fix it
  so it did.  Putting this in the package description would achieve
  that.

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